How companies used develoPPP as part of COVID-19 Response
SOUTH AFRICA: Providing a container-based hospital extension
With a project volume of around EUR 4.6 million, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Siemens South Africa Pty Ltd. set up a modular, contained-based hospital extension in just six months. Handed over to the Cecilia Makiwane Hospital in Eastern Cape Province in April 2021, this extension has raised the hospital’s capacity by another 100 beds, including 10 intensive care beds, a laboratory, a radiology department and a pharmacy to supply patients during the coronavirus crisis and beyond.
BRAZIL: Using health trucks to reach remote areas
Three projects by Mercedes-Benz do Brasil Ltda. and DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH with a total volume of around EUR 5.7 million have brought healthcare services to some of Brazil’s more remote regions. In addition to a COVID-19 field hospital in São Paulo, eight converted trucks provide for a wide range of testing options and space for smaller medical interventions. Moreover, two mobile vaccination units are intended to mitigate the pandemic’s health-related impacts.
PHILIPPINES: Providing remote treatment via telemedicine
During the COVID-19 pandemic, mobility in the Philippines was at times heavily restricted. To give the population location-independent and contactless access to medical personnel, the Cooperative Health Management Federation (CHMF) together with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH developed an open source application for telemedicine that is being made available to other actors in the healthcare system. The project budget was EUR 400,000.
CÔTE D’IVOIRE: Using blockchain to fight fake medicines
According to WHO, anywhere between 30 to 60 per cent of all medicines circulating in Africa are counterfeits, a situation that entails considerable health risks. With a total budget of just under EUR 680,000, the authentic.network GmbH collaborated with DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH to roll out a completely new kind of technology in Côte d’Ivoire. Designed to halt the spread of fake medicines and counterfeit COVID-19 protective equipment, it gives customers confirmation of authenticity using an app and electronic seals.
KOSOVO: Training nursing and healthcare workers
With a project budget of EUR 200,000, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH joined with Kolegji Heimerer, a private educational institution in the healthcare field, to provide Kosovar nursing and healthcare workers with further training in coronavirus infection prevention and control (IPC). Furthermore, in collaboration with local healthcare facilities, medical multipliers were brought up to speed on the latest research findings on hygiene standards as well as patient and staff safety.
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